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169. IVF 101 With Professor Chapman (Part 5)
Professor Michael Chapman is one of the leading IVF experts in Australia. He occasionally does Facebook live Q&A sessios where he answers questions related to IVF. ...
168. IVF 101 With Professor Chapman (Part 4)
Professor Michael Chapman is one of the leading experts and in Australia's IVF industry. He recently did a Facebook live Q&A session to answer your IVF questions. ...
167. IVF 101 With Professor Chapman (Part 3)
Professor Michael Chapman — one of the leading experts in IVF in Australia — recently conducted a Facebook live Q&A session. This episode is an excerpt from that F...
166. IVF 101 With Professor Chapman (Part 2)
Professor Michael Chapman is one of the leading experts and authority of Australia's IVF industry. In his 35 years of international education and experience, he's hel...
165. IVF 101 with Facebook Live Q&A With Professor Chapman (Part 1)
Professor Michael Chapman is one of the leading experts and authority of Australia's IVF industry. In his 35 years of international education and experience, he's hel...
164. What Can Go Wrong With IVF?
Before investing in IVF treatment, most couples want to know if it will work for them - that they will have a healthy baby at the end of their cycle. A good IVF s...
163. What Is Premature Ovarian Insufficiency?
An increasing number of women are curious about Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. They fear that their egg numbers are decreasing and that they may have difficulty con...
162. Egg Quality After 40: Female Age and Fertility
With increasingly busy lifestyles, some women don't have much physical and mental capacity to consider having children before their 40s. Because they're focused o...
161. How Much Does IVF Treatment Cost?
“Can I afford an IVF procedure? What does it cost? How can we afford one?” These are some of the most common questions asked by couples seeking IVF treatment. IVF ...
160. Is There Treatment for Male Infertility?
In a recent Facebook live session with Prof, this question came up: “For a count of 4million sperm/mil, is there anything we can do to improve the count?” In this ...
159. What Happens On the Second Part of Your Cycle?
In this episode, Prof discusses the importance of the time interval after ovulation, and before a menstrual cycle, or pregnancy. He explains what happens during a ...
158. Coronavirus Update
This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago. Prof explains that IVF was one of the first services to be reactivated following the lifting of the lockdown. H...
157. Are IVF Babies “normal”?
A common question IVF couples often ask Prof: "Are children born through IVF normal?" It's a reasonable question given the fact that IVF is often seen to be 'playi...
156. Genetic Testing of Embryos And What It Can Do For You
The first 10 years of genetic testing was fairly crude. But in recent years genetic testing has seen some remarkable advances. In this episode, Prof discusses the ...
155. Who Needs Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing?
Is PGT (Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing) a good treatment for you? Do you need it? In this episode, Prof explains the scenarios that warrant PGT as part of their ...
154. An Update Regarding The Covid-19 Crisis
What's the latest news around Covid-19 and how does that impact your IVF treatment? In this episode, Prof discusses the latest situation on the COVID crisis and h...
153. What’s The Best IVF Regime For You?
What's the best regime to use in an IVF cycle? What should your specialist be doing when deciding on a regime for you? In this episode, Prof discusses the differen...
152. A Research Breakthrough
We recently saw some amazing research from the University of NSW which has the potential for a major breakthrough around egg rejuvenation. In previous episode, Pro...
151. Should You Freeze Your Eggs (Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic)?
In this episode, Prof discusses a recent article he read which talks about people who have been trying to freeze their eggs in light of the coronavirus epidemic. ...
150. An Update on Coronavirus in Australia IVF Clinics
This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago (at the beginning of April 2020) The lockdown had just begun. In this episode, Prof talked about the current situa...
149. Infections That Can Affect Fertility
In our last episode, we talked about the impact of coronavirus and its impact on fertility. There are several other infections (particularly sexually transmitted ...
148. Does The Coronavirus Impact Your IVF Cycles Or Your Pregnancy? The Evidence So Far …
The media is full of news about coronavirus. Several of Prof's patients are concerned about the impact it will have on their IVF cycles and/or their pregnancies. ...
147. The Difficult Part of IVF: When To Stop The Journey
The most difficult part of IVF is to make the decision to stop when you haven't been successful. When is it the end of the journey? When do you decide you've arri...
146. Fertility Preservation
The harsh reality is that the number of eggs and the quality of eggs deteriorate with age. In this episode, Prof explains how age affects both the number and qual...
145. “What Is The Difference Between Antagonist and Agonist Cycle” [Listener Question]
Recently one of our listeners asked Prof what the difference was between the Antagonist cycle vs the Agonist cycle. In this episode, Prof explains how each of the...
144. Growth Hormones in IVF
The use of the growth hormone is one particular drug that has been suggested as being useful in helping patients who are having difficulty with the number of eggs, an...
143. Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
One complication of IVF that can be life-threatening is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: when a large number of eggs are produced by the stimulation regimes. The es...
142. The Satisfaction of the Patients on IVF Clinics
Recently Prof was interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation relating to patient satisfaction surveys around IVF. In this episode, Prof discusses the ...